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I Have a few pins that the ball has a tendency to take flight when hit just right off the flippers. In my collection the game that does it the most is Ghostbusters. What other pins have that same problem? Are some pins more prone to this? I know proper setup is important. Do you feel no game should do this if set up properly?

Indiana Jones drop targets. The airballs are so bad they built a ball save into the code if it drains after a drop target hit. I actually made and sell a mod to prevent the airballs and it totally changes the game.

I do find a freshly waxed pin will air ball a little. I think the ball just glides so easily it can maintain spin, then it hits the flipper rubber and jumps. As the wax wears a little the increased friction with the playfield takes the spin off on the ball settles.

If it is from the flippers it is fixable by raising the rubber on the bats. Also, silicone flipper rubber and softer rubbers are more prone to airballs.

Thank you very much for posting. I have been in this hobby for over 30 years and had never heard of or thought of that. I am going to try on all our machines from now on. I always believed that the air balls on newer Sterns were from high ball speed bending and bouncing off bits of the machine.

My Evel Knievel's red center target causes the ball to smack the glass every time. ive gotten so use to hearing that satisfying *CRACK! sound i would never change it. i love it. but on the other hand on my Mars God of War i've had the ball take flight after hitting the center drop bank, catch air and land in the shooter lane many times. once it even took out one of my plastics.

My Evel Knievel's red center target causes the ball to smack the glass every time. ive gotten so use to hearing that satisfying *CRACK! sound i would never change it. i love it. but on the other hand on my Mars God of War i've had the ball take flight after hitting the center drop bank, catch air and land in the shooter lane many times. once it even took out one of my plastics.

My Black Pyramid used to do the same thing off the moving target...I loved that sound...

Klondike has 5 linebacker pop bumpers and several standup targets in front of them so the ball just flys over the whole mess after launching from the center kick out hole. The glass is going to blow one of these days.

Star Trek LE center drop target has no cover above it like the Pro Model . It will send the pinball flying all over . You need the install a 'Pinbits Pro Plastic ' protector on your LE models and request that Pam sends you that specific protector as the ST Pro and STLE protectors are different . Tip of the day well worth the hassle to install on your StarTrekLE

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